Posted by jpluimers on 2019/07/05
You can the final download locations through files like https://platformdl.adobe.com/adm/smanifest/readerdc_en_1801120058.xml, which contains https://ardownload2.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/AcrobatDC/1801120058/AcroRdrDC1801120058_en_US.exe
Related: [WayBack] Unorthodoxer Weg um an einen Offline Installer für Adobe Flash zu kommen – Administrator
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/07/05
In cast I need a headphone amp:[WayBack] FIIO A1 mini koptelefoonversterker
Via: [WayBack] One of my better gadget purchases: The Fiio A1 portable headphone amp. I was kinda underwhelmed by the quality and especially volume that my Pixel 2016… – Roderick Gadellaa – Google+
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/07/05
Always use UTC on your servers, as [WayBack] Yeller – The Worst Server Setup Mistake You Can Make: Setting the timezone to anything other than UTC.
Many many reasons. For me the number 1 is sanity.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/07/04
Summary of [WayBack] A COM Object Collection (IEnumVARIANT) – Delphi Tips – CJC Delphi (Cool Delphi Tips)
Question: How to implements object collection that support Visual Basic’s For Each construct ?
Answer:
In order to implements an object collection your object has to returnIEnumVariantpointer from a special property named_NewEnum.
Via: [WayBack] What interface to I need to implement to allow ForEach in VBA on a COM object written in delphi? – Stack Overflow
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/07/04
Geekpr0n: [WayBack] Web Audio Modem
What do you do when you cannot copy text between computers due to lack of internet connectivity? I built a modem using the Web Audio API, allowing data transfer via audio.
It is on github at martme/webaudio-modem: Encode and decode text using the Web Audio API to enable offline data transfer between devices.
There are three demo pages at [WayBack] martinmelhus.com – Web Audio Encoder too:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/07/04
Though formatting mangled the registry key to add, the article is interesting: since 2003 (C# Builder 1), you can force the IDE to always save files as UTF8 which should alleviate a lot of encoding problems.
It beats me why this isn’t the default setting, but below is an example .reg file for Delphi 8 which should be easily transformed to more recent Delphi versions:
| Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 | |
| [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Borland\BDS\2.0\Editor] | |
| "DefaultFileFilter"="Borland.FileFilter.UTF8ToUTF8" |
So basically (if formatting is kept), you browse to this key (replace Borland with the company for your specific Delphi version, and replace 2.0 by your IDE version):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Borland\BDS\16.0\Editor
Then you add a new string value named DefaultFileFilter with value Borland.FileFilter.UTF8ToUTF8
More background [WayBack] The Oracle at Delphi: More IDE secrets – UTF8 and the Editor
The unmangled registry key (and more tips) was from [WayBack] BSC Polska: Hidden possibilities of Delphi 8.
Get the list of HKEY_CURRENT_USER paths for your Delphi version at Update to List-Delphi-Installed-Packages.ps1 shows HKCU/HKLM keys and doesn’t truncated fields any more.
–jeroen
Via: [WayBack] Is there any way (IDE expert?) to automatic set encoding of each PAS file in UTF-8 instead of ANSI? – Jacek Laskowski – Google+
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/07/03
If the Delphi compiler throws a Source: "W1025 Unsupported language feature: 'operator explicit'" at you, then it is likely that you forgot this, as per Uwe Raabe:
In the project options set “C/C++ Output file generation” to “Generate DCUs only” to get rid of the warning.
Via: [WayBack] Delphi Community Edition Rant. Just installed Delphi CE from the 3rd attempt. Two times I tried to install all features – both times the installer fell… – Sergey Kasandrov – Google+
Note that the documentation still indicates that W1025 has been documented since at least Delphi 2007 ([WayBack] x1025: Unsupported language feature: ‘%s’) as a C++ header translation issue, and still is ([WayBack] X1025 Unsupported language feature: ‘%s’ (Delphi) – RAD Studio), despite other causes (like "W1025 Unsupported language feature: 'custom attribute'") fail if you have only installed the Delphi personality.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/07/03
Old, but still so funny because it is so true: [WayBack] Geek And Poke: The New Developer
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/07/03
Somewhere in 2013, JavaScript developers found out the char code for space is the same ASCII code for all browsers at [WayBack] Javascript Char Codes (Key Codes) – Cambia Research
An interactive javascript key code reference for javascript developers. Includes an interative text box where you can type a key and see it’s code along with a complete lookup table.
This contrary to EBCDIC, where space can be character code 40 and 41, but not at the same time (by [WayBack] Armin Kunaschik at[WayBack] Oh mein Gott – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+).
Via
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/07/02
[WayBack] [RSP-19007] Form ScaleConstraints Fail – Embarcadero Technologies
Via [WayBack] +Uwe Raabe Did Embarcadero fix TControl.ScaleConstraints() in the latest version? Do you have a patch for that? Simply changing the properties Min* agai… – Attila Kovacs – Google+
Fix: [WayBack] pisil.de/Patch.ScaleConstraints.pas
// Workaround for TControl.ScaleConstraints bug // Usage: // Put "PatchScaleConstraints;" into the dpr right after "Application.Initialize;"
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 